Business Maverick: Buffett takes $5bn stake in TSMC, sparking surge in shares

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway took a stake of about $5-billion in the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, a sign the legendary investor thinks the world’s leading chipmaker has bottomed out after a selloff of more than $250-billion. Shares surged.

The Omaha-based conglomerate acquired about 60 million American depository receipts in TSMC in the three months ended September, it said in a filing. The Taiwanese company produces semiconductors for clients like Nvidia and Qualcomm and is the exclusive supplier of Apple’s custom Silicon chips. Apple remains the most valuable single holding in Berkshire’s portfolio.

The 92-year-old Buffett long shied away from the tech industry, making the case that he didn’t want to invest in businesses that he didn’t fully understand. That stance changed in recent years, however, and he has dedicated an increasing proportion of his company’s investments to the tech sector.

 

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